The big story of the game was the Sun Devils inability to dominate the boards. For just the second time this season (Maryland), ASU lost the rebounding margin 37-29. This was the best thing the Devils were doing by far all season, and Stanford was able to control the rebounding and ultimately the game.
Charli Turner Thorne talked about her team getting away from their strengths, “Our two greatest strengths are rebounding and transition, and we didn’t rebound the way we needed to rebound, and we didn’t transition we needed to transition.”
Arizona State didn’t lead at any point during the game, and this game may have been have been a wake up call for many of the young guards.